Bouncing Back

I guess we all have to accept some down times, along with our positivity. 

I did some (not all) of the promised exercise and other goodness that I said I would do last week.  I’m proud to say that I managed to do some real self-care, on my own this weekend.  Self-care looked like this:

• cleaning up my room (or started by putting clothes away and doing laundry)
• walking my dog
• shopping (got a new ski helmet that I think is pretty nice!)
• yoga
• climbing at the indoor gym
• running (I don’t run, but I’m trying to get in shape)
• connecting with some friends I haven’t talked to in a while
• making good nutritious meals at home (instead of eating out all the time)
• going to my favourite coffee shop (and drinking rooibos americanos instead of coffee)
• staying in bed after I woke up, for an extra hour to read my book
• getting a lot of sleep
• breakfast at the elbow room with a friend

(wow, that seems like a busy weekend, but it was really quite relaxed!)

On Sunday morning, I was amazed to wake up to find myself: Happy!  I don’t know what happened, really, but I haven’t woken up full of sunshine and cheer in a long time.  It’s a little harder to keep that perspective today, as my neck is killing me and a headache seems to be inching slowly up my left shoulder and into my brain, but I seem to have managed to gain a little more perspective and a little more positivity.  So that is good news to share!

I’m focused a lot on managing stress and taking care of myself this week.  We’ll see how things go.

My Best Thing Today:  Waking up well rested this morning to do some yoga in the living room before getting ready for work.